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Re: Simplifying things

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  • Subject: [mg26082] Re: Simplifying things
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 01:55:29 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,

the fastest way (avoiding PowerExpand[])
is

yourexpression /. Sqrt[a^2]->a

Regards
  Jens

djago at my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> I need to simplify looooong equations, but don't know how to get rid of
> those terms like:
> 
> Sqrt[a^2]
> 
> when a is a real positive variable... How can I tell Mathematica 3 to
> simplify this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.


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